polish   bludgeoning   bathroom   cigarette smoking   bar   based on novel   baby   beating   1920s   adoption   ex convict   fired from the job   christmas   family relationships   marriage   ladder   desert   movie with surprise ending   brother sister relationship   alcoholic   wrestling   face slap   beach   father son relationship   hollywood california   blood   new york city   mansion   lifting person in air   wig   fire   theatrical agent   singing   loss of brother   industry   boy   manhattan new york city   cafe   falling from height   business   crying   male female relationship   flashback   success   funny accent   underwear   prostitute   greed   blood spatter   tears   dark comedy   female nudity   small town   bowling ball   performance artist   bare breasts   actor shares first name with character   americana   gospel   recording   baptism   church   1930s   american south   impersonation   prayer   existentialism   chain gang   confession   fight   great depression   freak accident   oil tycoon   guitar   actor   hammer   explosive   critically acclaimed   accidental death   hunting   money   famous line   milk   religion   god   brother brother relationship   nudity   record player   enigma   lounge singer   alcoholism   broken leg   very little dialogue   brothel   illness   title based on song   railroad track   prostitution   friend   dress   arson   actor playing multiple roles   bowling alley   impotence   boyfriend girlfriend relationship   automobile   salvation   diary   split personality   flask   insanity   canadian   film making   movie director   campfire   dead body   california   filmmaking   microphone   bride and groom   acting   identity   busboy   interview   childbirth   long take   waiter   1910s   1900s   arthritis   beaten to death with a bowling pin   blasphemy   bowling pin   building collapse   business associate   business deal   child abandonment   child romance   child uses gun   control freak   death in childbirth   digging grave   dragged by hair   drilling for oil   ear exam   evangelist   experimental soundtrack   faith healer   falling off a ladder   false promise   false prophet   firewood   fon du lac wisconsin   goat farmer   burial   cancer   businessman   construction   1890s   competition   half brother   adopted son   farmer   capitalism   cross   goat   gun held to head   camp   deafness   bible   farming   exploration   ambition   claim in title   dynamite   child abuse   backpack   horse and wagon   food   ice cream parlor   interpreter   irrigation   jesus christ   kubrickian   land   land grabbing   lighting fuse   loss of hearing   male slaps male   milkshake   mine   mining   mining equipment   oil   oil derrick   oil gusher   oil industry   oil rig   pick axe   pickaxe   pipeline   port wyanimi california   preacher   price of fame   prospector   public speaking   quail   quail hunting   religious zealot   sermon   shock in the end   signal hill california   signature   silver city new mexico   silver mine   sinner   sparks   striking oil   sulphur   surrogate father   surrogate son   tool   train depot   turn of the century   twin brother   whistling   misanthrope   lantern   minister   religious fanatic   renovation   land surveying   tower   missionary   set on fire   oil well   religious intolerance   spiritual healing   hymn   telescope   napkin   injury   passing out   matches   tent   pacific ocean   uncle nephew relationship   san francisco california   twin   pipe smoking   tuberculosis   sign language   superstition   long underwear   mission   mud   reading   unconsciousness   rural setting   wealth   impostor   radio   mustache   rivalry   spaghetti   confrontation   erection   identity crisis   meditation   sexism   camera   photographer   tv commercial   prank   watching a movie   joke   wrestler   band   grief   telling a joke   coffin   whore   film projector   comedian   improvisation   home movie   stand up comedy   insult   eccentric   theatre audience   practical joke   ambiguity   drug humor   guitarist   drummer   weightlifting   stand up comedian   referee   licking   makeup   spirituality   actor playing himself   chaos   fake moustache   college   reference to elvis presley   auto mechanic   archive footage   booing   cake   faking one's own death   gymnasium   reference to santa claus   broken neck   popcorn   neck brace   toilet paper   yoga   memphis tennessee   puppet   poor white trash   sexist   lung cancer   wrestling match   sitcom   enlightenment   making of   method acting   performance art   aspirin   belief   performance   reference to mighty mouse   medical clinic   national broadcasting company   american broadcasting company   whorehouse   transcendental meditation   chemotherapy   strauss also sprach zarathustra   bar of soap   long island new york   reference to f. scott fitzgerald   reference to david letterman   alternative medicine   american indian headdress   andy kaufman   arizona state university   auditorium   bongo drum   canned laughter   carnegie hall manhattan new york city   caspian sea   collaborator   comedy club   cyst   great neck long island new york   guru   happening the theatre event   hobby horse   holistic medicine   iconoclast   improvisational comedy   lithuania   mormon tabernacle choir   neck cyst   neck injury   philippines   red lobster   reference to howdy doody   pretending   reference to häagen dazs   reference to merv griffin   reference to mr. bear   reference to pac man   reference to the great gatsby the novel   rockettes   setting a theatre on fire   sissy   studio lot   tv studio audience   the comedy store   theatrical manager   turtle wax   reference to jimmy carter   reference to jim carrey   reference to andy kaufman   reference to milos forman   reference to tony clifton   trouble maker   magical thinking   american   friendship   cult favorite   funeral   train   death   doctor   railway station   murder   nightclub   beaten to death   writer   explosion   butler   flash forward   single father   loss of father   revelation   mother son relationship   power   swimming   violence   restaurant   husband wife relationship   telephone call   telephone   singer   song   letter   gun   map   photograph   underwater scene   horse   horse riding   rifle   psychopath   epic   shot in the head   showgirl   shotgun   panties   no opening credits   tv show   threat   watching tv   madness   topless female nudity   orphan   losing control   wedding   pistol